Official 2024 Off-Season Thread!

Carp said:
Makes me wonder if Iglesias and Ozuna won't also be on the move.
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An Ozuna trade wouldn’t surprise me. With that said, Ozuna probably has more value to the Braves than any other team. Any team acquiring Ozuna has to explain the domestic violence issue. The Braves already dealt with that blowback (for the most part).
 
chop2chip said:
An Ozuna trade wouldn’t surprise me. With that said, Ozuna probably has more value to the Braves than any other team. Any team acquiring Ozuna has to explain the domestic violence issue. The Braves already dealt with that blowback (for the most part).
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They don't have to explain sh*t...40 HRs and 100 RBI should be their only explanation.
 
chop2chip said:
An Ozuna trade wouldn’t surprise me. With that said, Ozuna probably has more value to the Braves than any other team. Any team acquiring Ozuna has to explain the domestic violence issue. The Braves already dealt with that blowback (for the most part).
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Apparently, Ozuna shares an agent with Lopez and was instrumental in getting him to Atlanta. I really doubt Ozuna is going anywhere barring the Braves signing someone like Ohtani, which isn't happening.
 
Ozuna isn't getting traded. That would just be one more hole to fill in the lineup. 16 million for a 30 homer ~2 WAR DH is pretty good value.
 
NYCBrave said:
Seeing the money spaced out like this does make me a bit nervous we are a bit tapped out this year. That's despite the rumor of an offer we made to Nola.
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Interesting that the Braves are already saying we will stretch him out.

I wonder if this is AA adjusting for the playoffs. This is a guy who could be a solid 4 or great 5 starter and then be a stud pen arm in the playoffs when we go down to 3 starters (or less in recent Braves history).

AA knows we will start 8 pitchers, probably 10 or more. So he's always wanted depth.

But I would like the idea of having a guy that can have his stuff play up in the playoffs in less innings vs Bryce Elder. Bryce is uselful, but he's a regular season player.

We need Regular season and playoff players.
 
Russ2dollas said:
Interesting that the Braves are already saying we will stretch him out.

I wonder if this is AA adjusting for the playoffs. This is a guy who could be a solid 4 or great 5 starter and then be a stud pen arm in the playoffs when we go down to 3 starters (or less in recent Braves history).

AA knows we will start 8 pitchers, probably 10 or more. So he's always wanted depth.

But I would like the idea of having a guy that can have his stuff play up in the playoffs in less innings vs Bryce Elder. Bryce is uselful, but he's a regular season player.

We need Regular season and playoff players.
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Padres did this exact same thing with Lugo and then proceeded to give Bogaerts, Machado and Cronenworth big contracts.
 
thewupk said:
Ozuna isn't getting traded. That would just be one more hole to fill in the lineup. 16 million for a 30 homer ~2 WAR DH is pretty good value.
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My assumption would be if they were trying to get under the luxury tax while signing a top arm. If they don't care about the luxury tax, then it's moot.
 
Russ2dollas said:
Interesting that the Braves are already saying we will stretch him out.

I wonder if this is AA adjusting for the playoffs. This is a guy who could be a solid 4 or great 5 starter and then be a stud pen arm in the playoffs when we go down to 3 starters (or less in recent Braves history).

AA knows we will start 8 pitchers, probably 10 or more. So he's always wanted depth.

But I would like the idea of having a guy that can have his stuff play up in the playoffs in less innings vs Bryce Elder. Bryce is uselful, but he's a regular season player.

We need Regular season and playoff players.
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Snit is going to overwork this kid's arm.
 
Bowman on what the Lopez signing means for AA's search for SP upgrades:


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This doesn't influence the pursuit of Sonny Gray or any other established starter. Just adds quality depth to the pitching staff. If Lopez doesn't look like a starter during Spring Training, he enters the season as a high-leverage option w/ ability to work multiple innings
 
bravesfanforlife88 said:
From MLBtraderumors:

"Lopez’s $4MM salary for the 2024 season pushes the Braves’ payroll up to around $207MM, per Roster Resource’s projections. However, while its backloaded nature spares Atlanta some bottom-line payroll in the upcoming season, the contract still comes with a much heftier $10MM luxury-tax hit, as all luxury calculations are based on a deal’s average annual value.

The $10MM AAV on Lopez’s contract pushes the Braves squarely into luxury-tax territory, as they’re now at about $241.6MM of luxury considerations — comfortably north of this year’s $237MM luxury barrier. They also paid the luxury tax last season, meaning their penalty levels will rise. Rather than a 20% dollar-for-dollar tax, they’ll now pay a 30% tax (with increasing penalties if they surpass the threshold by more than $20MM total). They’re also in line for even harsher penalties come 2025, as third-time payors face even steeper rates of taxation."

Don't like the sound of that
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Yeah those luxury tax #'s don't seem accurate. I'm not sure where they are getting their numbers from. According to Spotrac, we should be around 210-212 million total luxury tax contributions.
 
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Reynaldo López might succeed as a starter, thanks to laser eye surgery

​https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/analys...er-eye-surgery]

Since the surgery, López has been much more successful: a 3.14 ERA in 189 innings. And since 2022, he's been virtually untouchable in multi-inning situations: 24 appearances of more than one inning (including 10 starts), with runs only scoring in three of those outings. In the 34 total innings in the sample, López allowed only one homer and had an overall 1.59 ERA in those games.
 
UNCBlue012 said:
Reynaldo López might succeed as a starter, thanks to laser eye surgery

​https://www.si.com/mlb/braves/analys...er-eye-surgery]

Since the surgery, López has been much more successful: a 3.14 ERA in 189 innings. And since 2022, he's been virtually untouchable in multi-inning situations: 24 appearances of more than one inning (including 10 starts), with runs only scoring in three of those outings. In the 34 total innings in the sample, López allowed only one homer and had an overall 1.59 ERA in those games.
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Good teams pay for what players will do bad teams(Yankees) pay for what a player has done.
 
Russ2dollas said:
Interesting that the Braves are already saying we will stretch him out.

I wonder if this is AA adjusting for the playoffs. This is a guy who could be a solid 4 or great 5 starter and then be a stud pen arm in the playoffs when we go down to 3 starters (or less in recent Braves history).

AA knows we will start 8 pitchers, probably 10 or more. So he's always wanted depth.

But I would like the idea of having a guy that can have his stuff play up in the playoffs in less innings vs Bryce Elder. Bryce is uselful, but he's a regular season player.

We need Regular season and playoff players.
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I think you are right. We have to assume there will be injuries in the rotation. I really want AJSS to spend most of the year at AAA. I think his upside is super high but he still needs a good bit of development. Plus we can save a year of service time.
 
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